Balloons for use on medical devices such as catheter balloons are formed
from polymer blend products which include a liquid crystal polymer (LCP), a crystallizable
thermoplastic polymer, especially thermoplastic polyesters such as PET, and a compatabilizer.
The compatabilizer may be an ethylene-maleic anhydride copolymer, an ethylene-methyl
acrylate copolymer, an ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer, an ethylene-methyl acrylate-maleic
anhydride terpolymer, an ethylene-methyl-methacrylic acid terpolymer, an acrylic
rubber, an ethylene-ethyl acrylate-glycidyl methacrylate terpolymer or a mixture
of two or more such polymers.